I'am using Java + Tomcat + Spring + Hector on Lunux - I works as always just great.
It is also not bad idea to mix databases - Cassandra is not always solution for every problem, Cassandra + Mongo could be ;) On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Aaron Turner <synfina...@gmail.com> wrote: > My stack: > > Java + JRuby + Rails + Torquebox > > I'm using the Hector client (arguably the most mature out there) and > JRuby+RoR+Torquebox gives me a great development platform which really > scales (full native thread support for example) and is extremely > powerful. Honestly I expect, all my future RoR apps will be built on > JRuby/Torquebox because I've been so happy with it even if I don't > have a specific need to utilize Java libraries from inside the app. > > And the best part is that I've yet to have to write a single line of Java! > :) > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The best stack is the THC stack. :) > > > > Tomcat Hadoop Cassandra :) > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Andy Ballingall TF > > <balling...@thefoundry.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've been running a number of tests with Cassandra using a couple of > >> PHP drivers (namely PHPCassa (https://github.com/thobbs/phpcassa/) and > >> PDO-cassandra ( > http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/cassandra-pdo/), > >> and the experience hasn't been great, mainly because I can't try out > >> the CQL3. > >> > >> Aaron Morton (aa...@thelastpickle.com) advised: > >> > >> "If possible i would avoid using PHP. The PHP story with cassandra has > >> not been great in the past. There is little love for it, so it takes a > >> while for work changes to get in the client drivers. > >> > >> AFAIK it lacks server side states which makes connection pooling > >> impossible. You should not pool cassandra connections in something > >> like HAProxy." > >> > >> So my question is - if you were to build a new scalable project from > >> scratch tomorrow sitting on top of Cassandra, which technologies would > >> you select to serve HTTP requests to ensure you get: > >> > >> a) The best support from the cassandra community (e.g. timely updates > >> of drivers, better stability) > >> b) Optimal efficiency between webservers and cassandra cluster, in > >> terms of the performance of individual requests and in the volumes of > >> connections handled per second > >> c) Ease of development and and deployment. > >> > >> What worked for you, and why? What didn't work for you? > > -- > Aaron Turner > http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic > http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & > Windows > Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary > Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. > -- Benjamin Franklin > "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero" >
